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Source: Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1740), narrative-offset-302341.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Tartarus Emeticus: of Cryftals of Tartar, four ounces; of Crocus Metallorum , reduced to powder, an ounce; and
Method as extracted
- Grind according to the source passage: Emetic Tartar, Take of Cryftals of Tartar, four ounces; of Crocus Metallorum , reduced to powder, an ounce; and boil them together, in four times their own weight of Spring- water, for ten hours, keeping them frequently ftirring with a Spatula, and adding more Water as there fhall be occafion: then filtre the hot Solution, and evaporate it to drynefs, or* to a pellicle, that the cryftals may (hoot •f. * The medicine doubtlefs will be the better for this kind of ablution and precipitation, but few there are that beftow fo much time and pains upon it ; tho’ to clear it well of its fait is to make it the remedy here intended. f Which Cryftals being gently dry’d are the medicine required.
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Primary and supporting references
- Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh — Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in EdinburghPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-302341.